It's the Parties, stupid.
My advise right now is to forget about the Republican candidates.They don't matter.No matter which one gets the nod, the policies are going to stay the same. Tax cuts for the rich (in hopes of...
View ArticleTax Campaign Contributions
I have watched with growing despair money slowly but systematically destroy our democracy.I joined Common Cause when I was in my early twenties and I'm nearly sixty now.Over the years, things have...
View ArticleTime To Retire The Stars and Bars
It has been a long time aphorism of mine that one should never make enemies of those whom should be one's friends.Thinking about the issue of the Confederate battle flag brings this aphorism to...
View ArticleMy Three Health Plans
The company I work for once offered health insurance which cost around $350 a month. It had a deductible of $500 a year. Paying for this plan with my low pay ($9.00 hr) was a bit of a sacrifice, but...
View ArticleIs "Health Insurance" Really Insurance
In my last post, I was a bit critical of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as “Obama Care”. My criticism dealt with the realities of my present health plan, which was offered by my employer and...
View ArticleA High Top Tax?
THREE REASONS FOR A HIGH TOP TOP TAXAnd when I say high, I mean a major portion of any annual income that is beyond a certain threshold.The usual criticism of such an idea is that it “punishes...
View ArticleCan We Really Trust Hillary?
I have often thought of capitalism as being like a campfire. You may need it to cook. You may need it to stay warm. You have to feed and nurture it, but you also have to keep it constrained. If you...
View ArticleHillary on Trade
I once had a car in which I once got into an accident. I was driving to work and I decided to tune the radio in. Diverting my eyes from the road for just that few seconds allowed the right tire to rub...
View ArticleWhy I'm A Bernie Sanders Man
Once upon a time I believed.I believed in the infallibility of free markets. That, if left to its own devices, the markets would always sort themselves out and this would be in the ultimate best...
View ArticleElection '16--Grudge match
What if you could have anything you ever wanted?Imagine if you could do this by winning just one national election.This is the situation as I see it from the billionaire class* point of view.Imagine if...
View ArticleThe Republican Glide Path
Are the Republicans flying above their glide path?A glide path is the sloping route a commercial airliner or other large fixed-wing-aircraft takes to reach the the near end of the runway.If a large...
View ArticleTHE RISK AND OPPORTUNITY OF HILLARY
It is my view that this country has come to a fork in the road. We can go one way or the other, but we cannot go both ways.We must choose.Though much has been made of the threat Donald Trump may or may...
View ArticleTHE RIGHT TO BEAR BULLIES
I think the real problem with guns is they give deadly effect to somewhat temporary evil impulses. The availability of such deadly force, which is allowed by our constitution, assumes a level of...
View ArticleLEAKY LIPS
Is half of the line: “Leaky lips sink ships”, which is a world war II adage that was adapted shortly after America entered the war. Crew members of various ships, bound for Europe, would often tell...
View ArticleAN OPEN LETTER TO THE TWO CANDIDATES
WHO ARE THE LAST CHANCE TO STOP DONALD TRUMPBy now it is abundantly clear that Donald Trump is going to be the next Republican nominee.For some, this is good news.The belief goes something like...
View ArticleMy Deep Republican Roots
MY DEEP REPUBLICAN ROOTSI come from a deeply Republican family and, in my youth, held deeply Republican views.I once believed, for instance, in “free markets”, or as I now like clarify, “Market...
View ArticleTo Bernie Bros (and Sis's)
So now the primary season has finally ended.And as hard as you have all tried, the ball has missed the hoop, maybe by inches. And we now have to accept Hillary as the nominee. Things could be worse,...
View ArticleMy Deep Republican Roots I: Big Grandpa and Earth Day
Much of my earlier world view was due to my grand father on my dad's side, “Big Grandpa”, who was taller than my mom's adoptive father, who was referred to as “Little Grandpa”.Big Grandpa was a life...
View ArticleMy Deep Republican Roots II:
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS WAR?So I went straight from seventh grade to ninth grade, due to my famous “double promotion” (see “My Republican Roots I”), skipping eight grade American History. This was to...
View ArticleHILLARY'S NUMEROLOGY
As has become my custom, since 2008, I do a numerology analysis of both candidates shortly after the the conventions. This year, due to lots of overtime on my job and a flurry of other...
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